document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=549897>Question 549897</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> cuba a has an edge length of 2 inches. cube b has an edge length double that of cube a. what is the volume, in cubic inches, of cube b?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c.16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d.32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e.64 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #358191 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=358191\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you have two similar solids, one a larger version of the other, and the ratio of the corresponding lengths is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, the ratio of corresponding areas is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Ax=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Ax=x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and the ratio of corresponding volumes is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Ax%2Ax=x%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Ax%2Ax=x%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the answer is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%5E3=2%2A2%2A2=8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%5E3=2%2A2%2A2=8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is how the large cube would look if you made it out of the smaller cubes. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=drawing%28300%2C240%2C-5%2C5%2C-1%2C7%2C%0D%0Arectangle%28-4%2C0%2C0%2C4%29%2C%0D%0Aline%280%2C0%2C3.464%2C2%29%2Cline%280%2C2%2C3.464%2C4%29%2Cline%280%2C4%2C3.464%2C6%29%2C%0D%0Aline%28-2%2C4%2C1.464%2C6%29%2Cline%28-4%2C4%2C-0.536%2C6%29%2C%0D%0Aline%28-4%2C2%2C0%2C2%29%2Cline%28-2.268%2C5%2C1.732%2C5%29%2Cline%28-0.536%2C6%2C3.464%2C6%29%2C%0D%0Aline%28-2%2C4%2C-2%2C0%29%2Cline%281.732%2C5%2C1.732%2C1%29%2Cline%283.464%2C2%2C3.464%2C6%29%0D%0A%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You would have 8 small cubes: two layers of 4 cubes, one on top of the other,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each edge of the large cube is 2 times as long as the edge of a small cube.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each face of the large cube has 4 times the area of the face of a small cube.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The large cube has 8 times the volume of a small cube. </SPAN>\n" );
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